Heterogeneity on the technical efficiency in Japanese airports

Singapore Economic Review

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 523-534

  Barros, Carlos Pestana ^a   Managi, Shunsuke ^b   Yoshida, Yuichiro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL GRADUATE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

airports; Japan; latent class model; Production efficiency

Indexed keywords

AIRPORT; BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; CARGO; HETEROGENEITY; STOCHASTICITY; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

JAPAN;

EID: 84855604484     PISSN: 02175908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0217590811004419     Document Type: Article

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